Where does “小夜鳴き鳥” come from?
小夜鳴き鳥 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 小夜, from Old Japanese さよ.
小夜鳴き鳥 (Japanese): a common nightingale
Definitions
- a common nightingale
Ancestry of “小夜鳴き鳥”, step by step
小夜鳴き鳥 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 小夜
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 小夜 | dark, night, nighttime; small nightwear |
| 2 | Old Japanese | さよ | — |
via Japanese 鳥
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鳥 | a bird; a chicken; fowl or chicken meat |
via Japanese 鳴く
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 鳴く | to call, to make noise; e.g., a bird's singing |